Category:Historical scientific instruments

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Historical scientific instruments are tools, instruments, and technology developed for scientific purposes at some point in the past.

Subcategories

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

A

  • Astronomical instruments

M

  • Mathematical tools
  • Mechanical calculators

T

  • Telescopes

Pages in category "Historical scientific instruments"

The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. Updates to this list can occasionally be delayed for a few days.

A

  • Alidade
  • Almucantar
  • Armillary sphere
  • Astrarium
  • Astrolabe
  • Astronomical clock

B

  • Backstaff

C

  • Cabinet of curiosities
  • Cole's quadrant
  • Crookes tube
  • Cross bow quadrant
  • Cross head (surveying)

D

  • Davis quadrant
  • Demi-cross
  • Dioptra
  • Dividing engine

E

  • Electrophorus
  • Electroscope
  • Electrostatic generator
  • Elton's quadrant
  • Equatorial ring
  • Equitorium

F

  • Filar micrometer

G

  • Galvanometer

H

  • Honcheonsigye
  • Hood's cross-staff

J

  • Jacob's staff

L

  • Leyden jar

M

  • Magdeburg hemispheres
  • Mariner's astrolabe
  • Mural instrument

N

  • Nocturnal (instrument)

O

  • Optical square

O cont.

  • Orrery

P

  • Plane table
  • Plough (instrument)

Q

  • Quadrant (instrument)

R

  • Radio latino
  • Ramsden theodolite
  • Relativator

S

  • Sea ring
  • Sextant (astronomical)
  • String galvanometer
  • Surveyor's wheel

T

  • Torquetum
  • Transversal (instrument making)
  • Triquetrum (astronomy)

W

  • Wimshurst machine
Categories: History of science | History of technology | Scientific equipment
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